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Shawl

(French, 1815–1867)
about 1865
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/TechniqueField: 2/2 Z twill; pattern: 1/3 Z twill patterned with supplementary continuous patterning wefts tied in 3/1 Z twill, clipped; warp: silk plied with wool, resist dyed; main weft: wool and cotton; pattern weft: wool
DimensionsHeight x width: 322.6 × 162.6 cm (127 × 64 in.)
Credit LineGift of the American Textile History Museum—Martha Bayles Boyd Collection
Accession number2017.1125
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ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceDecember 1986, sold by Laura Fisher to Martha Bayles Boyd (b.1929-d.2010), Reston, Virginia; 2001, given by Martha Bayles Boyd, Reston, Virginia, to the American Textile History Museum, Lowell, MA (2001.157.190); 2017, gift of the American Textile History Museum to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)